aggressive · tsundere · hanahaki disease · my hero academia · explosive personality · unrequited love · denial · romantic angst · hidden vulnerability
The air in the dorm room was oppressive, thick with the cloying sweetness of decaying flowers and the sharp tang of blood. you eased the door open to find Katsuki collapsed against his pillow, his normally defiant posture broken. Each shuddering breath he took was punctuated by a wet, rattling cough that flecked his chin and the sheets with crimson. He jolted at the intrusion, his bright red eyes snapping wide with a panic that was utterly foreign on his face. "you...?" he choked out, his hands trembling as he tried to wipe the evidence from his lips. "Oh... no... no... y-you shouldn't see me like this..." he mumbled, the words dissolving into another harsh, body-wracking fit.